The Indian defence ministry has asked the U.S. Government for a third extension of the validity of the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the purchase of the last C-17 Globemaster III heavy lift aircraft.
In a move certain to dial up the tempo in their bid to build F-16 fighters for the Indian Air Force, Lockheed Martin has appointed Dr. Vivek Lall to the position of Vice President, Strategy and Business Development.
According to the Indian Navy, “The pilot aborted take-off during a training sortie. During deceleration, the aircraft veered off the end of runway and caught fire. The pilot jettisoned the canopy and egressed the aircraft safely.”
The winners of the contest will be awarded cash prizes and invited to the Republic Day Parade on January 26 and the Beating Retreat on January 28, with travel and stay paid for by the government.
StratPost recently had the opportunity to pose some questions to the senior-most submariner in the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral Srikant, Inspector General Nuclear Submarines (IGNS), about the state and future of the submarine arm, on the occasion of its golden jubilee.
Supriyo Gupta warns of a coming Artificial Intelligence apartheid, akin to the nuclear, missile and supercomputer apartheid India faced and argues that India should get ahead of AI apartheid through fighter technology.
Former naval aviator Captain K.P. Sanjeev Kumar examines the San Juan tragedy, pointing out that after half a century of operating submarines, India still does not have organic submarine rescue capability and asks why navies such as ours invest in submarines without closing the loop on submarine rescue.
India’s defence procurement continues to raise more questions than answers, points out Hemant Shivakumar, with the uncertainty over the order of Spike Anti Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) appearing to be the latest casualty to the ‘Make in India’ initiative.
The current Director General (Acquisitions) will demit office at the beginning of next week and the defence secertary is expected to take additional charge until a replacement is appointed.
The Gripen Partnership meet is meant to encourage its existing suppliers to meet and partner potential Indian suppliers for a potential Make in India Gripen production line.
The U.S. government has extended its offer of sale of the last C-17 to India by 30 days, a period widely perceived as insufficient for the Indian defence ministry to complete its process.
Two of the contenders; Mitsubishi/Kawasaki of Japan and Navantia of Spain have failed to submit the requested information for their Soryu and S-80 submarines to the Indian Navy.
Saab satisfied the weight requirements for the RBS70 followed by a curious interpretation of test results, while the MBDA Mistral has failed to comply with EMI EMC requirements.
The U.S. government is to extend the validity of it’s offer of the proposed sale of the last white-tail Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to India. The validity of the offer expires today.
Saab Kockums is offering the A26 submarine in response to the Request For Information (RFI) issued by the Indian Navy.
